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National Positioning Navigation And Timing Advisory Board Named
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2007 NASA and the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) announced Thursday, March 22 the members of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board. James Schlesinger will chair the 24-member board; Brad Parkinson is the vice-chair. The U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy of December 8, 2004, established a permanent National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee. The committee is co-chaired by the Deputy Secretaries of the Departments of Defense and Transportation with equivalent representatives from the Departments of State, Commerce, and Homeland Security; the Joint Chiefs of Staff and NASA. NASA established the advisory board on behalf of the executive committee. The board will operate in an advisory capacity as directed by the national PNT policy and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The board will provide advice, as directed by the executive committee, about U.S. space-based PNT policy, services, planning and program management. The board's first meeting is in Washington March 29-30. The public meetings will be in the Polaris Suite, Reagan International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. For additional board information, contact the Advisory Committee Management Officer, Diane Rausch at 202-358-4510. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing GPS Applications, Technology and Suppliers GPS Applications, Technology and Suppliers
VEGA Awarded ESOC Navigation Frame Contract
London UK (SPX) Mar 26, 2007The VEGA Group has been awarded a frame contract by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, to provide services for their navigation activities. |
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